York County ARES will host an exercise on Saturday August 10th. We are planning 8 am to 11 am for operations.
The Goal of this exercise it to test
repeater and simplex coverage county wide. we hope to be complete in under
three hours.
The plan is to have mobile units
cover the areas driving to the fire station listed in the areas below, call
into net control on the K4YTZ repeater when you arrive at the location.
Net Control will be at the EOC in
Downtown Rock Hill. Once you arrive at the fire station and establish contact
with Net Control, you will be directed to contact net control on the other
repeaters and try a simplex transmission.
The repeaters in use for this
exercise will be
K4YTZ – 174.030 (-) 88.5
KD4EOD – 147.225 (+) 110.9
WR4SC – 441.525 (+) 162.6
W4PSC – 443.375 (+) 110.9
KC4KPJ – 443.725 (+) 127.3
W4BFB – 144.230 (1) 118.8 (Charlotte Regional Skywarn repeater
Simplex 146.580
We are looking for at least 5 volunteers to the areas list below. If we have more that 5 people to cover the areas we will break them up into smaller areas. If you do not have a mobile unit or unable to be one of the rovers, if you can relay simplex back to the net control station from your QTH. It would be appreciated, just let us know if you are willing to be a home relay station. It will be a fast exchange on each repeater, just the location and signal report and move down the list to the next repeater. If you have a dual band radio leave VFO A on K4TYZ and use VFO B to test the other repeaters. That way we can communication on K4YTZ if we do not have comms on the other repeaters. If you key up and do are not able to get into the repeater, try the next on the list to see if you can get in and then text your location and what repeater you are able to hit to Net Control and We will switch there to continue the test. I do not believe all the repeaters will have county wide coverage, but we will know after this exercise.
Area 1
Tega Cay FD 5000 Tega Cay Dr, Tega Cay, SC 29708
Fort Mill FD 121 Tom Hall St, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Riverview VDF 1899 Harris Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29708
Flint Hill VFD Station 1 1950 US-21, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Flint Hill VFD Station 2 2953 Pleasant Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29708
Area 2
Newport VDF 3748 Hands Mill Hwy, York, SC 29745
Newport VFD Station 1 5198 Hampton Ridge Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29732
Newport VFD Station 2 3080 Mt Gallant Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29732
Newport VFD Station 3 6143 Old York Rd, York, SC 29745
York FD 10 N Roosevelt St, York, SC 29745
Smyrna VFD 1052 S Main St, Smyrna, SC 29743
Area 3
Bethel VFD 3330 Dr Nichols Rd, York, SC 29745
Bethel VFD Station 1 5620 Oakridge Rd, Clover, SC 29710
Bethel VFD Station 2 3298 Hands Mill Hwy, York, SC 29745
Clover FD 115 Bethel St, Clover, SC 29710
Bethany Santiago VFD 13171 State Hwy 55, York, SC 29745
Area 4
Bethesda VDF Station 1 1705 SC-324, Rock Hill, SC 29730
McConnells VFD 4178 Chester Hwy, McConnells, SC 29726
Bullock Creek 2250 SC-97, Sharon, SC 29742
Sharon VFD 3336 York St, Sharon, SC 29742
Hickory grove VFD 5700 Wylie Ave, Hickory Grove, SC 29717
Area 5
Lesslie VFD Station 1 3191 Lesslie Hwy, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Lesslie VFD Station 2 2711 Reservation Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Lesslie VFD Station 3 2627 S Anderson Rd, Catawba, SC 29704
Oakdale VFD Station 1 2633 Saluda Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Oakdale VFD Station 2 2080 Dunlap Roddey Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Oakdale VFD Station 3 865 E Chapel Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Let us know if you
have any questions or concerns. Please let us know if you can help
out with the exercise and what area you can cover or if you are willing to be a
home relay station…
Thanks in advance for
the help
